Two people were arrested Sunday in Salem after witnesses saw a naked man being chased by a pit bull before he was beaten in a hotel parking lot.

Salem police said witnesses saw the naked man being chased in the parking lot of a Red Roof Inn early Sunday morning. The man was tackled and then beaten with brass knuckles, police said.

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When officers arrived, the victim was bleeding from his head, and police said two people were trying to flee the area.

Investigators said they were able to determine that the victim answered a Backpage ad, and when he went to a hotel room, he was confronted by a man and a woman, identified as Vincent Evelyn, 32, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Ryanne McCann, 27, of Rollinsford, New Hampshire.

Police said the victim was stripped down and then held in the room while Evelyn went to the victim's car to find more money. The naked victim then fought with the woman blocking the door and escaped into the parking lot, where he was chased down and beaten, police said.

Police said they were able to take Evelyn and McCann into custody and found the brass knuckles, which had been thrown into some trees. The pit bull was taken to the Salem Kennel.

Evelyn was charged with first-degree assault, robbery, criminal restraint, being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon and destruction of evidence. He was being held on $20,000 cash bail.

McCann was charged with robbery, simple assault and criminal restraint. She was held on $15,000 cash bail.